Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Don’t Ever Let Your Catchers Frame a Pitch!
I suspect the title of this article might have got your attention. It would seem that I am advocating having catchers stop doing something that catchers have always been told and taught to do.
Actually I am advocating having them use proper receiving techniques, and avoid some of the techniques that have become common place [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Wasted Practice time by a Catcher
Just about all players and managers realize that little time is spent during practice by their catchers on the catching skills. Blocking, exchange drills, pickoff throws and proper handling of wild pitches and passed balls throwing to the pitcher covering home plate.
The catcher should be working on these skills instead of taking infield practice.
It may [...]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Handling Passed Balls
It is certain that no matter how good a catcher is, balls will get past him and roll to the backstop. You can call them wild pitches or passed balls, but it doesn’t make any difference at the time of the play. The important thing is that the catcher knows how to make the play [...]